Construction and materials industries

Jubilee Line crisis as Health and Safety Executive orders safer glass

Article Abstract:

The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has instructed London Underground to replace all its toughened glass paneling with laminated glass after a panel shattered at the Stratford Jubilee Line station. The replacement exercise is expected to cost millions of pounds sterling and the HSE has given London Underground only two weeks to come up with a replacement programme. Glass experts claim laminated glass could cause more injuries if dropped from a height.

Equipment and supplies, Building inspection, Safety glass, London Underground Ltd.

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Article Abstract:

Issues concerning safety standards in the UK construction industry are discussed. Information from the Health and Safety Executive indicates that 66 people were killed on construction sites in the period Mar 1998 to Apr 1999.